Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)

Listener Russ asks a keen question on band rehearsal schedules and almost certainly gets more answer than he was hoping for. All you need to know to have the basics of your rehearsal schedule work for your group.

This week's episode is an interview with Eric Hogan. Eric is a veteran of the cover band world currently portraying Kurt Cobain in Nevermind: An Atlanta-based tribute band for Nirvana. In our conversation we discuss how he came to starting the group, how his band has been able to transition from bars to large venues in a short period, and what it takes to embody a legend. Follow Nevermind on Insta...

The influx of work is causing us to feel anew the logistical challenges and details of what it takes to do what we do. We can either complain about that, or be grateful that we're now in a place where we get to have those problems again! Choose! Support us at https://patreon.com/coverbandconfidential

Things are definitely starting to hit some velocity out there. This episode we deal with that; what it looks like to get our show back up to speed. https://patreon.com/coverbandconfidential for bonus content and insider chat!

The tipping point seems to have been hit, friends. Dan shares about his experience getting his standing weekly acoustic events back on their feet and playing a glorious First Gig. Adam shares about the opportunities that have been coming his way, some great, some not so much. Consider supporting us on Patreon! You get goodies, including membership in our back-channel Slack! https://patreon.com/cov...

A good look at what "coming back" is going to take--in some ways it's fast and easy, and in others there's a lot of work ahead. Also the updates on our attempts to engage more deeply with the podcast audience. Please check out our revised Patreon at http://patreon.com/coverbandconfidential Also please call and leave a message (like Billy Preston Esq. who is 100% not Mike Schulte did). 404-491-0910

With the relaunch of our Patreon we have started offering all of our youtube content as audio for our $20 patrons. This is the audio from a video we did about using QR codes and a linktree-style page for your band or solo gigs to increase engagement by offering ways to request songs and do cashless tipping. If this is something you're interested in please subscribe to our Youtube channel or sign u...

Alex Auxier is the former Artist Relations manager for Orange Amps. These days he consults for Victory Amps and Origin Effects. On this episode he walks us through how gear endorsements work, and gives us a big-ol look into the world of music gear marketing!

This week Adam flies solo to discuss what the future of Cover Band Confidential may look like, and how YOU can help choose ways to get more out of this show! Thank you so much for tuning in! If you want to help us be sure to like, subscribe and share us with your friends! Follow us on social media Facebook.com/coverbandconfidential Instagram @coverbandconfidential Twitter @coverbandconfid Follow o...

DON'T get trapped in a Chinese boy band reality show. DO take feedback well! That's what this episode is all about--how to get feedback, how to orient your emotions to take it properly, and what to do with it when you've got it.

A trio of topics to talk about today. First: Requests. How to handle them, how to solicit them, and maybe an online tool to do it in? Second: Impressive vs Good. Does what you intend to deliver to an audience matter? (No. No it doesn't.) Third: Listener question. Is this "you have to sell tables thing" a good deal? https://linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential

To celebrate our century-and-a-half, we bring you a crossover episode with Steve Witchell and Tony B from the OTHER CBC: Cover Band Central! Check it as the four of us talk about how all this came to be, what the current world means for us in our various parts of the country, and how to hose down singers with fire extinguishers for fun and profit.

Adam's chilling in Savannah so it's just Dan and Mike this week! Guess what happened--Mike struck viral video gold AGAIN. So let's find out about that! Also: The Americans, The Jerky Boys, Social Dilemma/Seaspiracy, Superstore, and other Things To Watch. Go here: https://linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential

How to set up your band's business, banking, and financial structure. Merits and challenges of LLC vs d/b/a. Quad Cortex first thoughts and videos. CBC Linktree: https://linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential Also imagine your studio roof crashing in on you. Scary as hell! Let's support Luke! https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-luke-rebuild

What's the best strategy for maximizing your reach into your audience's pocket? How to have a tantalizing, tempting, irresistible tip jar! Plus, Adam's pricing chutzpah from last episode gets an immediate real-world test with results TBD! CBC Linktree: https://linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential

Pig pile on Adam! He's got a spicy idea for taking the drama out of pricing gigs, and maybe it's great! Or maybe it's dumb! We can't know until he tries it, but for sure we all have opinions about it! https://linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential

Our guest this week is Jennifer Batten, a world-renowned guitarist and clinician best known as a hired gun for artists like Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson. She is also the founder of the Guitar Cloud Symposium, an online community geared towards guitar players looking to improve their skills both as musicians and in business. https://www.jenniferbatten.com/ https://guitarcloudsymposium.com/

As the light at the tunnel appears to edge closer, we take a good look at what a performer needs to be doing to hit the ground running. Are you going to pick up right where you left off? Leverage what you've built in the downtime to grow from? Or will you have to start from scratch?

The gents (one great, one insufferable) talk about getting back out there--what that looks like now, what it's going to take, and how we're preparing.

The League of Ordinary Gentlemen reunites for another special one! A look at the social media landscape in 2021--where to put your energy and how to maximize your returns! Then a good look at on-demand merch printing. Is it the way of the future? SPEEEAKING of merch, here's the CBC merch store! Come get our junk! https://coverbandconfidential.threadless.com/

The boys are back with NON GEAR topics! First a Reddit thread prompts a conversation about the how, which, and mostly the WHY of finding forgotten but beloved songs from the past. See the thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lctvk8/what_is_the_best_forgotten_80s_song/ Then a couple name-collision items in the news prompts a conversation about trademarks, name uniqueness, and ot...

Gear... but NOT guitar gear! Prompted by a question on the Facebook group, the fellas discuss their use and abuse of Turbosound iNSPIRE range PA speakers. Also: tendonitis! Deal with it! Last-week-we-mean-it for Songs For Kids donations! Venmo: @atlpartybands Paypal: http://paypal.me/cbconfidential

Okay look! Not much is happening with gigs these days. But it's NAMM season which means there's gear coming down the pipeline! So we're talking about it! This week we dissect (not literally) the HX Stomp XT and analyze (only kind of literally) the hype around the Neural DSP Quad Cortex. Last week for Songs For Kids donations! Venmo: @atlpartybands Paypal: http://paypal.me/cbconfidential

This week the gents talk such sexy topics as trademark law, Gene Simmons, and tendonitis. This is the last week to contribute to the CBC donation to Songs For Kids! Go here: https://www.paypal.me/cbconfidential Venmo: @atlpartybands

It's a big gear week despite there being no NAMM happening right now to announce them at. Adam guitar-geeks out on all the goodies that Fender has put out. Dan gives an update from the depths of Neural DSP Pre-Order Bonkers-land, and we discuss what is almost certainly the most expensive guitar pedal ever offered for sale.